Dujali National High School

KEY INFORMAT INTERVIEW PROTOCOL

I. Preliminaries: Introduction
Sell-Introduction
Good day! Thank you for granting us this time out of the day to participate in this
interview. Before we start let us introduce ourselves. We are______________________
we are assigned to conduct an interview with you. With me are my co-researchers to
assist in documenting this discussion. We are from the Dujali National High School,
taking up the Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics, and we are currently
grade 11 students. Today we will conduct a research needs assessment through an
interview, we will have a discussion that may take about 1 hour and 30 minutes, and we
look forward to a friendly conversation with you.
Discussion of the aim of the Assessment, Confidentiality, Withdrawal, and Ethical
Issues
This interview aims to learn from your insights on how certain policies are being
implemented in your respective school and it seeks to explore the culture and
organizational leadership styles in your school. Your honest responses will be beneficial
for the success of our research project.
We want to know what you honestly think and feel. We look forward to you
speaking openly at any time during our conversation. Please feel free to let us know if
you have any questions.
Seeking Approval
Before we continue, we would like to know if you have received and read the
consent, we gave you. Did you read the permission? Do you have questions about it?
Any concerns that you would like to talk about?
We would also like to ask for your consent for the discussion to be audio/video
recorded. There is no need to be anxious about your responses because there will be
no right or wrong answers in this discussion.

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II. Interview Proper
INTERVIEW PROPER:
Experiences
1. What are the lived experiences of the teachers in Dujali National High School who

are handling non-major subjects?

1.1 What is your subject?

1.2 What are your handling subjects? Which are not aligned to your expertise?

1.3 How long have you been teaching?

1.4 How do you feel being a teacher handling non-major subjects? Is it fine to

you being in such situation? Why?

1.5 How do you describe your first week experiences while handling non-major

subjects?

1.6 How will you compare your experiences in handling major and non-major

subjects in a class?

1.7 Do you have any worst experiences while handling non-major subjects?

What about desirable experiences?

1.8 Do you consider these experiences as essential in shaping your habits in

teaching?

1.9 Being a teacher teaching your non-major subjects, are there advantages that

you discover? What about the disadvantages?

1.10 What are the practices you employ to be able to still be effective and

efficient in handling non-major subjects?

Coping Mechanism

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2. How do these teachers cope with the challenges while teaching non-major subjects?

2.1 Do you enjoy teaching the subjects? Why? Why not?

2.2 How do you handle the difficulties you face in teaching non-major subjects?

2.3 What kind of support does the school provide with regard to these difficulties?

2.4 Have you ever had any teacher training/mentoring/coaching relevant to

teaching the subjects?

2.5 How does this training/mentoring/coaching help you in your efficiency in the

specific task given to you?

2.6 What sacrifices have you made at the same time to maintain is the efficiency in

teaching the subjects?

2.7 How do you handle the challenges encountered in teaching non-major subjects

considering that it is not your major?

2.8 What are the best practices that have been very helpful to you in dealing the

situation?

2.9 How do you see your situation, a struggle or a motivation? Why?

Insights

3. What are the insights gained by the teachers in Dujali National High School in
handling non-major subjects that can be shared to students, co-teachers, and to
their community as a whole?

3.1 How do you see life as a teacher handling non-subjects?

3.2 If you could give a suggestion to help to reduce the difficulty of the other

teachers teaching non-major subjects, what would it be and why?

3.3 What have you discovered about yourself now that you are immersed in this

kind of situation?

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 3.4 What do you want to tell the authorities particularly the DepED Officials about

your situation? What could they do to address your situation?

3.5 What is your message of encouragement to other teachers handling non-

major subjects like you?

III. Closing Components:

- Wrap Up
-Other Remarks
-Expressing Gratitude.
Debriefing:
Thank you for allowing us to have a conversation with you. We are very grateful
for the time you have provided for this interview. The result of this research needs
assessment will be used for us to develop a research proposal to address a specific
need. Before we end this discussion, are there any questions you want to ask? Again,
allow us to express our profound thanks for participating in our study.

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